State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,535 Iowa births in 1995 across 864 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Iowa more than they say America.

#74Abbyoutside the national top 200
#84Brady#188 nationally
#100Kaleboutside the national top 200
#85Mallory#178 nationally
#69Drew#160 nationally
#66Levi#154 nationally
#62Mikayla#146 nationally
#89Riley#170 nationally
#67Collin#141 nationally
#72Bryce#145 nationally
#92Makayla#164 nationally
#48Cole#118 nationally

Girls

#1Emily332US #3
#2Taylor278US #6
#3Jessica268US #1
#4Samantha260US #4
#5Hannah252US #7
#6Ashley238US #2
#7Megan215US #13
#8Sarah214US #5
#9Elizabeth209US #10
#10Madison199US #29
#11Rachel194US #12
#12Morgan181US #23
#13Shelby177US #38
#14Amanda162US #9
#15Abigail161US #36
#16Nicole158US #19
#17Kelsey154US #33
#18Allison151US #34
#19Kayla148US #11
#20Anna144US #31
#21Brittany142US #8
#22Alexis137US #14
#23Paige136US #58
#24Courtney133US #17
#25Haley132US #32
#26Sydney121US #43
#27Brooke120US #52
#28Brianna118US #21
#29Katelyn115US #59
#30Danielle114US #24
#31Jennifer111US #18
#32Alyssa109US #27
#33Lauren108US #15
#34Amber102US #22
#35Bailey102US #96
#36Jenna100US #84
#37Emma99US #67
#38Kaitlyn96US #42
#39Rebecca93US #28
#40Jordan92US #50
#41Olivia91US #39
#42Alexandra89US #26
#43Miranda89US #57
#44Mackenzie84US #88
#45Katie82US #77
#46Erin78US #49
#47Katherine78US #30
#48Stephanie76US #16
#49Breanna74US #76
#50Madeline72US #79
#51Sara70US #48
#52Amy69US #75
#53Heather69US #54
#54Lindsey67US #82
#55Mary67US #40
#56Victoria67US #20
#57Molly65US #98
#58Cassandra62US #78
#59Natalie60US #51
#60Marissa59US #53
#61Cheyenne58US #86
#62Mikayla58US #146
#63Alexandria56US #72
#64Melissa55US #35
#65Sierra55US #60
#66Andrea54US #55
#67Caitlin54US #81
#68Shannon54US #73
#69Mariah53US #71
#70Kaitlin52US #94
#71Kathryn52US #83
#72Michaela52US #107
#73Tiffany52US #46
#74Abby51
#75Brittney51US #99
#76Michelle51US #41
#77Chelsea49US #47
#78Christina48US #45
#79Kylie48US #106
#80Laura48US #56
#81Grace47US #97
#82Hailey46US #111
#83Erica45US #69
#84Maria45US #44
#85Mallory44US #178
#86Gabrielle43US #61
#87Kaylee43US #127
#88Jasmine42US #25
#89Rachael42US #120
#90Holly41US #126
#91Alicia40US #89
#92Makayla40US #164
#93Carly38US #122
#94Cassidy38US #108
#95Leah38US #103
#96Bethany37US #116
#97Kimberly37US #37
#98Savannah37US #68
#99Whitney37US #115
#100Alexa35US #100

Boys

#1Jacob541US #4
#2Austin512US #10
#3Tyler411US #6
#4Zachary378US #14
#5Nicholas330US #7
#6Matthew313US #2
#7Brandon299US #8
#8Michael294US #1
#9Joshua269US #5
#10Cody264US #26
#11Andrew253US #11
#12Ryan238US #15
#13Alexander228US #21
#14Joseph219US #12
#15Dylan213US #34
#16Kyle209US #24
#17Benjamin203US #31
#18Nathan198US #39
#19Christopher190US #3
#20Jordan181US #29
#21Daniel177US #9
#22Samuel166US #33
#23Justin165US #18
#24Logan162US #51
#25David156US #16
#26Alex148US #47
#27James144US #17
#28Mitchell142US #79
#29John140US #13
#30Tanner140US #86
#31Dakota138US #56
#32Aaron132US #30
#33Adam129US #38
#34Thomas127US #27
#35Jonathan124US #23
#36Blake120US #77
#37Anthony118US #19
#38Colton118US #105
#39Dalton118US #87
#40Jared114US #63
#41Robert114US #22
#42William109US #20
#43Hunter108US #53
#44Trevor108US #61
#45Dustin98US #62
#46Spencer97US #104
#47Lucas93US #91
#48Cole91US #118
#49Connor91US #55
#50Christian90US #28
#51Caleb89US #54
#52Derek89US #83
#53Ethan86US #75
#54Grant86US #116
#55Chase83US #95
#56Taylor82US #69
#57Timothy81US #40
#58Jason76US #41
#59Mason76US #102
#60Eric74US #32
#61Brett73US #106
#62Jesse71US #46
#63Seth71US #97
#64Brian69US #36
#65Cameron69US #49
#66Levi69US #154
#67Collin67US #141
#68Dillon67US #122
#69Drew66US #160
#70Luke65US #82
#71Noah65US #99
#72Bryce64US #145
#73Evan64US #60
#74Devin63US #58
#75Travis63US #66
#76Ian62US #67
#77Steven62US #37
#78Jeremy60US #48
#79Kevin60US #25
#80Alec58US #112
#81Garrett58US #80
#82Patrick58US #43
#83Nathaniel57US #73
#84Brady52US #188
#85Elijah52US #93
#86Wyatt52US #128
#87Sean51US #45
#88Clayton50US #151
#89Riley50US #170
#90Isaac48US #98
#91Cory47US #123
#92Richard46US #42
#93Charles45US #44
#94Scott45US #92
#95Bradley43US #78
#96Gabriel43US #65
#97Jose43US #35
#98Mark43US #52
#99Shawn43US #100
#100Kaleb42

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑33Amy#52
↑33Mason#59
↑28Grant#54
↑27Olivia#41
↑26Sydney#26
↑26Ethan#53
↑23Brett#61
↑21Breanna#49

Falling

↓37Jasmine#88
↓37Kimberly#97
↓25Steven#77
↓25Sean#87
↓24Chelsea#77
↓24Jeremy#78
↓24Scott#94
↓24Bradley#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.